with music censorship, to lead people in the right direction to make the right choices concerning the music they listen to.
             Music censorship is no longer a personal issue where a person can choose whether or not to listen to uncensored music. It is an issue that deals with the general public hearing uncensored music whether they want to or not. Perhaps the biggest emphasis on music censorship is censoring the music so young children (minors) will not be able to hear to the lewd content. The exposure of minors to obscene and indecent material should be controlled, as well as the sale of such material to minors. In 1985, the music industry started putting parental advisory stickers on CD's (which the record companies reluctantly agreed to do) with explicit content (including the cover art on CD's). The law states that a person has to be at least 17 to purchase these CD's. These advisory stickers area better than nothing, but not by much.
             To even further the difficulty of a child (minor) getting a hold of CD's with parental advisory stickers, Wal-Mart, in 1991, announced that they would not carry any albums containing parental advisory stickers. They will sell "clean versions" of the CD. Wal-Mart has a lot of influence in the music industry. In one year, out of the 615 million CD's sold in the United States, Wal-Mart accounts for 52 million (Bennett and Tucker _). According to Bennett and Tucker, "Wal-Mart's stand has sent many in the artistic community into a tizzy" (_). A lot of artists believe that Wal-Mart is forcing this
             type of music censorship. That is not the case, Wal-Mart is not forcing anything, they are just setting standards (and examples for other retailers), and these standards must be met if a record
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